Jul 18, 2008 – So soaring has been Obama's rhetoric and so dazzling his smile that we've missed the possibility that the Illinois senator is less … The World War II-vintage jokes simply aren't amusing anymore. … With a deft trip off the tongue, the cartoon and the baseless controversy would have been rendered impotent, revealed as what they…

Jul 17, 2008 – The shadow of the Iraq War still hovers over the 2008 presidential race. … His next dodge will be to talk up diplomacy - that a dialogue with the mullahs can hold Iran at bay. … But no negotiations are possible with al Qaeda - and Americans realize that talks with Iran will go nowhere unless we have the leverage…

Jul 17, 2008 – No, since both denounce the Bush administration, oppose the Iraq war, support universal health care, want taxes raised on the so-called … … (Kids should) replace the video game or the remote control with a book once in a while." … Rather than display pleasure at America's obvious progress, or pride in his role in getting us there, the anachronistic Jackson now…

Jul 14, 2008 – Largely lost in the frenzy is an unhappy fact: The Iranian mullahocracy has been at war with this country since it came to power in … Not least, Iran is now armed with ballistic missiles of ever-longer range. … If we are already at war with the Iranian regime and the destructive power of our enemy is about to increase exponentially, what can…

Jul 9, 2008 – They become very indignant at the idea that we might even converse with anyone who is implicated in terrorism. … These facts remind us not only of the shortcomings of sanctions, which are not likely to work better with Iran than they did with Iraq … And it is this same person who would presume to lecture us on what we should now be doing with Iran.…

Jul 27, 2008 – With the feel of a Cold War story, and a pace unmatched by most war-on-terror thrillers, this book is likely Silva’s best to date.  … The fact is that Russia today represents a greater threat to the security of the world than it ever did in the days of Cold War bipolarity … The new Russia is starting to strongly resemble the old Soviet Union - only with nicer cars. …

Jul 25, 2008 – It was, after all, the year Israel won its independence by defeating four invading Arab armies—the Arabic word for the war is “The … On the northern border, a major with the Northern Command is determined to provide a “liveable life” to the citizens in his charge. … The AIEF is a supporting charity affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).  …

Jul 25, 2008 – He forced Merkel into the schoolmarm mode, to raise an eyebrow at the choice the chancellor called "odd" for a candidate who was not … When William Jennings Bryan, at 36 the youngest man to be nominated for president, delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech at the Democratic … National Convention at the old Chicago Coliseum in 1896, the Democrats thought their "Boy Orator of the Platte" was irresistible,…

Jul 24, 2008 – Sometimes they jump out at the most appropriate time to describe a current event. In the case of the Iraq War, Sen. … They say they want to win only the war in Afghanistan but have less to say about how to prevail in the much longer war against the … , at a pace that is determined in consultation with Gen.…

Jul 24, 2008 – Your nomination opponents Dodd, Biden, Edwards and Clinton -- all in the Senate at the time -- voted for the war. … At the provincial level, oil revenues are being shared, and Iraq's oil production is at a postwar high. … But for the surge, wouldn't things in Iraq now be substantially worse? Q: You opposed the Iraq war and the surge.…

Jul 23, 2008 – Yes, McCain heroically pushed for the surge when the war was at its most unpopular point. … It isn't, thanks to the high court's ruling. That's a huge boon. The surge has done likewise with the war. … But not with I-told-you-sos. Re-arguing the surge is almost as counterproductive as re-arguing the war itself.…

Aug 3, 2008 – He thinks that the war in Afghanistan is justified. … As I mentioned in my last column, I believe the Iraq war is just. … As terrible as it is, War is sometimes the least bad choice available.…

Aug 1, 2008 – In the interim, and in light of the intensifying security crisis with Iran, a caretaker government could have been formed that would … the country during the war. … Indeed, it is far from clear that he ever considered the impact his actions would have on Israel at all.…

Jul 30, 2008 – "exclusive" first and last look at life at home with the Obamas. … Just try talking to one of the millions of people with their noses buried in People or Us about Obama's relationship with Jeremiah … Wright or Bill Ayers, his flip-flops on the Iraq war surge and his reckless naivete regarding Iran, and you'll see what I mean.…

Aug 15, 2008 – What bothers me, however, is the self-aggrandizing notion that opposing the Iraq war then automatically devalues the important of the … importance of the Iraq war at every turn. … central front in the global war on terror because al Qaeda wasn’t in Iraq in 2003; second, Iraq is a distraction from the real war…

Aug 15, 2008 – Helmand province is the heartland of the Taliban -- the Islamic radicals who won a bloody civil war to rule Afghanistan in 1996. … The unit's area of operations is more than 28,000 square kilometers -- roughly the size of Vermont. … Yet the unit's re-enlistment rate is 118 percent -- among the highest in the U.S. armed forces.…

Aug 14, 2008 – The U.S. and others use the word “unacceptable,” undoubtedly with the same effect that we get when we use it with the Iranians. … What is less understood is that some of the older, traditional kinds of threats are still very much with us, only heightened because … With hundreds of missiles pointed toward Taiwan, experts say China is developing the capability to take Taiwan before the U.…

Aug 14, 2008 – The death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, at 89, recalls the centrality of this Russian mastodon. … criticizing Stalin (“the man with the moustache”). … The nuclear threat posed by the Iranian regime is not imaginary but real.…

Aug 11, 2008 – cause for concern with recent events at the tactical level that may have international repercussions. … Furthermore, Moqtada Al Sadr’s relationship with Iran and the Quds force is troubling and reports show that special groups targeting … I intend to find out if that is happening.On the road from Baghdad to the airport is the beautifully optimistic statue of Abbas ibn…

Aug 26, 2008 – At the time, however, Il Duce was also plotting revenge on Abyssinia for a bloody border clash with Italian Somaliland. … What do we do if Russia responds to our Patriots in Poland with the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft system in Iran and Syria? … Before we start down the road of isolating and encircling Russia with weak NATO allies, let us think through Gen.…

Aug 25, 2008 – At the time, however, Il Duce was also plotting revenge on Abyssinia for a bloody border clash with Italian Somaliland. … What do we do if Russia responds to our Patriots in Poland with the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft system in Iran and Syria? … Before we start down the road of isolating and encircling Russia with weak NATO allies, let us think through Gen.…

Aug 22, 2008 – the Cold War. … Now Scheunemann is the neocon agent in place in McCain's camp. The neocons got their war with Iraq. … They are pushing for war on Iran. And they are now baiting the Russian Bear. Is this what McCain has on offer?…

Aug 22, 2008 – The following day in Billings, Montana he said:  “I’ve made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.”  … Maybe that is why so many focus on the crowds at Obama’s events, rather than to what Obama is actually saying to them. … But if you listen to Obama’s words you will hear that he is very concerned about the least among us.…

Aug 21, 2008 – That will give Russia, along with Islamist Iran, a virtual monopoly over the substantial supply of oil and gas originating in the Caspian … Short term, there is diplomatic hardball which would include threatening Russia with expulsion from the G8 (which was meant to be a … Or we can sit back and watch as oil flows to us, while wealth and power flow to the despots ruling Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and…

Aug 19, 2008 – Objective No. 1 in the political trade is sticking to it The Other Party. … Demagoguery -- note the Greek origins of the word -- has been with us always: an indestructible part of our Edenic inheritance. … The formerly serious and sensible cold war hawk, Sen.…